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  <date date="2018-08-02" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
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      <name>Country Hospitals</name>
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          <heading>Country Hospitals</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4841" kind="question">
        <name>Mr PICTON</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Kaurna</electorate>
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          <question date="2018-07-25" qonNum="246">
            <name>Country Hospitals</name>
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          <inserted>246 <by role="member" id="4841">Mr PICTON (Kaurna)</by> (25 July 2018).  What additional funds have been committed since 17 March to urgently address high risk repairs and maintenance at country hospitals?</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4342" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Stuart</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Energy and Mining</name>
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          <question date="2018-07-25" qonNum="246">
            <name>Country Hospitals</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4342">The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart—Minister for Energy and Mining):</by>  The Minister for Health and Wellbeing has been advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>Since March 2018, extensive planning has occurred to identify the projects and hospital sites where works are to be undertaken to address the highest risk issues in country hospitals.</inserted>
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          <inserted>Allocation of additional funds will be addressed through the budget process.</inserted>
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